1 Peter (an introduction)

I'm going to begin a study on Peter. I'm going to look into his life and his words.

Today. 1 Peter 1: 6-9

This is an interesting verse to me. It speaks of the point of trials. This is reassuring. "trials are there to show my faith is genuine" This is something I have often wondered where is my "mettle" when trials come. Am I going to stand in there. Am I going to give up? Trials are there to test me. That is comforting in a sense. Cause often when the whirl wind of trials come, I get lost and don't know which way is up... like being tossed in a wave that consumes me. My faith is a way to get my bearings again. To regain my orientation. That is what it is about.

What I also needed to hear, was that my faith is worth more then "precious" Gold. Material things are something I have desired, prolly cause I didn't have them growing up. I need to "live in" this perspective. So when loss comes, or want is once again abated, I have to see the value is not in these things, but in my "faith".

Just my 2 cents.

dj